Sen. Jinggoy Estrada was named on Wednesday as the chairperson of the Senate committee on electoral reforms, while Sen. Rodante Marcoleta was made chairperson of the Senate panel on tourism, despite their detention for plunder charges. Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano elected the bloc’s committee chairmanships on Wednesday afternoon to “accomodate” the request of Senate majority leader […]
Read MoreSenator Rodante Marcoleta on Friday cautioned against rushing to blame video games for the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. Marcoleta said some of his colleagues in the Senate were quick to conclude that video games were to blame, without first thoroughly studying the circumstances surrounding the June 22 shooting. “Some of my colleagues in the Senate, […]
Read MoreLawsuits continue to pile up against the 18 self-proclaimed “former Marines” who had claimed earlier that they delivered suitcases of money to government officials. On Thursday, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV filed another set of cyber libel complaints over the men’s allegations that he received bags of cash worth millions of pesos to bribe prosecutors […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A total of 60 flood-control projects are currently under scrutiny, as they seem to fit into the category of “ghost projects,” Chair of Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Rodante Marcoleta said. During a recent hearing, Marcoleta said that the numbers he cited were based on the data provided by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., […]
Read MoreMANILA — Sen. Rodante Marcoleta on Wednesday urged senators to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, citing a Supreme Court ruling that blocked her Senate trial. In a privilege speech, Marcoleta brought up the SC decision that declared the impeachment case unconstitutional for violating a ban on multiple impeachment proceedings against an […]
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